The cabinet has agreed to a proposal to put limits to a prime inister’s tenure, a move framed as a reform to strengthen democratic safeguards.
But in a parliamentary system like Malaysia’s, term limits raise complex legal and political questions.
How do we understand the nuance behind what sounds like a simple reform? Astro Awani’s Melisa Idris talks to constitutional law expert emeritus professor Datuk Dr Shad Saleem Faruqi and political scientist Professor Wong Chin Huat, the deputy head of strategy for the Asia headquarters of the United Nations Sustainable Development Solutions Network at Sunway University.
Produced by: Astro Awani
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Raikan kerencaman dan keterangkuman
Selamatkan demokrasi dan angkatkan keluhuran undang-undang
Lawan rasuah dan kronisme
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